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Roadrunner targets ‘ride share-like’ shipper experience with new pickup platform
Journal of Commerce Eric Johnson October 10, 2025 $Subscription Based
US less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Roadrunner has developed a new set of pickup and delivery tools for customers to track their shipments and set up appointment times, part of a broader effort to use technology to decrease missed pickups.
Link: Roadrunner Press Release Roadrunner announces its AI-Powered P&D Platform Virtually Eliminates Missed Pickups to Redefine Pickup Reliability in LTL
A. Duie Pyle expands into cross-border LTL market
Freight Waves Noi Mahoney October 12, 2025
A. Duie Pyle, one of the nation’s oldest family-owned carriers, is expanding its less-than-truckload (LTL) operations beyond the Northeast with a cross-border service connecting Mexico and the U.S.
The expansion is a direct response to customer demand and the rapid reshaping of North American supply chains, according to Frank Granieri, A. Duie Pyle’s chief operating officer of supply chain solutions.
Truckload, parcel, and LTL executives address regulatory uncertainty, market fragmentation at CSCMP EDGE
Logistics Management Jeff Berman October 10, 2025
LTL market: PITT OHIO’s Webb labeled LTL market conditions as exhausted.
This is the longest freight recession I think we have been in, and it is going to end sooner or later. When that happens, those who bought strategically are going to align and those who have not will find themselves in a difficult position. We’re also antiquated. The LTL industry is not digitized in the way that the parcel is today. It’s very easy to integrate and so forth. So, you’re finding carriers coming from AS 400 to middleware to what’s the next future look like?
Lower US imports tightening truck capacity at key inland hubs
Journal of Commerce William B. Cassidy October 10, 2025 $Subscription Based
Outbound spot truckload capacity is tightening in several inland US markets, partly because of falling US imports, adding momentum to a seasonal increase in transactional truck rates as trucking’s fall peak shipping period gets underway.
Tighter capacity may be short-lived, but spot rates could run higher than expected in the fourth quarter, especially if consumer demand strengthens over the holidays.
Spot rates climb but lack support
Freight Waves Zach Strickland October 11, 2025
The National Truckload Index (NTI) — a measure of dry van spot rates — rose 2% last week, climbing from $2.31 to $2.36 per mile. While this increase isn’t alarming on its own, the lack of seasonal support and the muted response in truckload tender rejections — a measure of contract carrier compliance — (OTRI) make it a more significant development for assessing the health of the trucking sector.
White House takes steps to tighten CDL requirements for truck drivers
Logistics Management Jeff Berman October 10, 2025
“ATA supports steps to strengthen credentialing standards and ensure that non-domiciled CDL holders have and maintain the proper authorization and qualifications required under federal law,” Spear said in a statement. “Rules only work when they are consistently enforced, and it’s imperative that all state driver licensing agencies comply with federal regulations."
Trucking execs expect more M&A, cost-saving measures
Trucking Dive Alejandra Carranza October 10, 2025
Werner Enterprises’ SVP of account management Matt Parry thinks consolidation will continue if the freight market doesn’t improve in the next year.
He sees M&A opportunities for both small and large companies, and he believes fleets with several hundreds of trucks are the ones struggling in particular.
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